EXCLUSIVE: The Zurich Film Festival has set Richard Gere as a star guest for its 20th anniversary edition which runs October 3-13.
Gere will attend the world premiere of Swiss documentary Wisdom of Happiness on which he is an executive producer. Deadline has the first trailer from the film which features the Dalai Lama as he speaks directly to the audience, creating what is billed “a meditative cinema experience that resonates long after.” Check out the trailer above.
In Zurich, Gere will be accompanied by fellow exec producer Oren Moverman as well as the Dalai Lama’s sister, Jetsun Pema and the Prime Minister of Tibet in Exile, Sikyong Penpa Tsering.
Also in attendance will be the directors, Barbara Miller and Philip Delaquis, as well as director of photography Manuel Bauer.
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